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Secular Homeschool Curriculum 9 Essay Alternatives (+1 Art Project that Helps Build Writing Skills)
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9 Essay Alternatives (+1 Art Project that Helps Build Writing Skills)

$10.00

What’s inside this high school academic writing resource:

  • Directions and suggestions for 9 different alternative projects that tap into the same skills you need to write great essays

  • A bonus creative project that helps build essay writing skills

  • Strategies for using these projects across multiple subjects (including math and science)

All curriculum materials are digital and downloadable. Because of this, all sales are final. If you have questions, please ask before you buy.

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What’s inside this high school academic writing resource:

  • Directions and suggestions for 9 different alternative projects that tap into the same skills you need to write great essays

  • A bonus creative project that helps build essay writing skills

  • Strategies for using these projects across multiple subjects (including math and science)

All curriculum materials are digital and downloadable. Because of this, all sales are final. If you have questions, please ask before you buy.

What’s inside this high school academic writing resource:

  • Directions and suggestions for 9 different alternative projects that tap into the same skills you need to write great essays

  • A bonus creative project that helps build essay writing skills

  • Strategies for using these projects across multiple subjects (including math and science)

All curriculum materials are digital and downloadable. Because of this, all sales are final. If you have questions, please ask before you buy.

Don’t get me wrong—I’ve got nothing against essays! If you’ve used my high school composition curriculum, you know that thoughtful, insightful, creative essays are something I care a lot about. 

But you don’t always need to write an essay. 

The goal of high school writing, after all, isn’t to learn how to write an essay but to learn how to communicate, explain, and support your ideas. And the more practice you get doing those things, the more confident and competent you’ll become as a writer of essays and everything else.

So in this resource I have collected some of my favorite non-essay writing projects for high school homeschoolers, with detailed instructions for how to implement them across a variety of academic subjects. I’ve used these writing projects for literature and history, of course—but they’re also great for science, philosophy, and even math. Inside, you’ll find detailed strategies for the following non-essays:

  • Soundtrack Project

  • TED Talk

  • Children’s Book

  • Propaganda Project

  • Hexagons Project

  • Creative Synthesis Project

  • Narrative Bibliography

  • Walking Tour Project

  • Mind Map

I’ve also thrown in a bonus project that my high school students love—a one-pager that asks students to get creative with interpreting a text artistically. I wouldn’t call it a writing project, but it definitely taps into the same skills that make for great writing.

All curriculum materials are digital and downloadable. Because of this, all sales are final. If you have questions, please ask before you buy.


Feeling a little nervous-cited about homeschooling middle and high school?

Looking for decolonized secular homeschool curriculum and resources?

Eager to keep the homeschool magic all through in the homeschool home stretch?

You’re in the right place.

 

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